Artwork from the JSP Estate/Private Collection
Nationality
American
Artist Dates
b. 1930
Preview
Date of Work
ca. 1950
Medium
Oil on board
Signature
Lower right
Height
4"
Width
7 7/8"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection: James Smith Pierce Collection
Status
Stored: 234 JSP Box 10, S7D
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
Robert Kabak is an American artist who was born in 1930 in New York City. Kabak obtained his BA at Brooklyn College where he studied alongside Mark Rothko, he then went on to receive his MFA at Yale University. Kabak is best known for his brightly colored, abstract geometric paintings that play with light and depth to create landscapes. His work is in many private collections and the permanent collections of prestigious institutions and such as the Museum of Modern Art.
Additional Information
Abstract landscape
James Smith Pierce Collection
Condition
Good
Condition Notes
Staining on the verso. In presumably an acid mat. Taped to mat.
Rights
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